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In 1996, he founded Greenhill & Co. He served as its chief executive officer from its creation in 1996 to 2007. It was incorporated in 2004. |
He sits on the board of trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, and on the international advisory board of the British-American Chamber of Commerce. |
He is married to Gayle Greenhill. She is the former chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Center of Photography. Harvard Business School named Greenhill House in their honor, and their three children and their spouses are all graduates of the school. |
= = = Rosas del Amor = = = |
Rosas del Amor is a 1987 flamenco album, the debut solo album of Spanish guitarist Tomatito. |
Richard Nidel considers "Rosas del Amor" to be an "important, groundbreaking CD." |
Stewart Mason of "Allmusic" says of it, "Rosas del Amor is a legendary album in modern flamenco music; it wouldn't be far off to call it the Spanish folk guitar equivalent of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Rosas del Amor takes traditional flamenco music and injects liberal amounts of jazz influence, specifically the French gypsy-influenced jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. The resulting intermingling of styles works beautifully, as the two forms of music (not as far apart as one might initially think) blend harmoniously into a fully realized, richly textured whole." |
= = = Patola Sari = = = |
Patola is a double ikat woven sari, usually made from silk, made in Patan, Gujarat, India. The word patola is the plural form; the singular is patolu. They are very expensive, once worn only by those belonging to royal and aristocratic families. These saris are popular among those who can afford the high prices. Velvet patola styles are also made in Surat. Patola-weaving is a closely guarded family tradition. There are three families in Patan that weave these highly prized double ikat saris. It is said that this technique is taught to no one in the family, but only to the sons. It can take six months to one year to make one sari due to the long process of dying each strand separately before weaving them together.Patola was woven in Surat, Ahmedabad and Patan.Highly valued in Indonesia, became part of the local weaving tradition there. |
To create a patola sari, both the warp and weft threads are wrapped to resist the dye according to the desired pattern of the final woven fabric. This tying is repeated for each colour that is to be included in the finished cloth. The technique of dyeing the warp and weft before weaving is called double ikat. The bundles of thread are strategically knotted before dyeing. |
Patola saris from surat, Ahmedabad and Patan are renowned for their colourful diversity and geometrical style. |
Silk weavers of the salvi caste from the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra chose Gujarat as the home for their renowned patola fabric. It is believed that salvis went to Gujarat in the 12th century with the intention of acquiring the patronage of the Chaulukyas Rajputs, who ruled all of Gujarat and parts of Malva and south Rajasthan at the time, with Anahiwad Patan as the capital. Legend says that over 700 patola weavers came to the palace of Raja Kumarpal. The ruler used to dress in patola silk himself on special occasions. |
After the decline of the Solanki empire, the salvis founded a rich trade in Gujarat. Patola saris quickly became a sign of social status among Gujarati women and girls, especially as part of stridhan, items that a woman can claim as her own property within a marital household. |
There are four distinct patterns which are woven primarily in Gujarat by the salvi community. In Jain and Hindu communities, double ikat saris with entire designs of parrots, flowers, elephant, and dancing figures are generally used. In Muslim communities, saris with geometric designs and flower patterns are typical, being worn mostly for weddings and other special occasions. Maharashtrian Brahmins wear saris woven with plain, dark coloured borders and body, and a bird design called Nari Kunj. |
= = = Bass number = = = |
In mathematics, the "i"th Bass number of a module "M" over a local ring "R" with residue field "k" is the "k"-dimension of formula_1. More generally the Bass number formula_2 of a module "M" over a ring "R" at a prime ideal "p" is the Bass number of the localization of "M" for the localization of "R" (with respect to the prime "p"). Bass numbers were introduced by . |
The Bass numbers describe the minimal injective resolution of a finitely-generated module "M" over a Noetherian ring: for each prime ideal "p" there is a corresponding indecomposable injective module, and the number of times this occurs in the "i"th term of a minimal resolution of "M" is the Bass number formula_2. |
= = = Time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer = = = |
Time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer (TR-FRET) is the practical combination of time-resolved fluorometry (TRF) with Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) that offers a powerful tool for drug discovery researchers. TR-FRET combines the low background aspect of TRF with the homogeneous assay format of FRET. The resulting assay provides an increase in flexibility, reliability and sensitivity in addition to higher throughput and fewer false positive/false negative results. FRET involves two fluorophores, a donor and an acceptor. Excitation of the donor by an energy source (e.g. flash lamp or laser) produces an energy transfer to the acceptor if the two are within a given proximity to each other. The acceptor in turn emits light at its characteristic wavelength. |
The FRET aspect of the technology is driven by several factors, including spectral overlap and the proximity of the fluorophores involved, wherein energy transfer occurs only when the distance between the donor and the acceptor is small enough. In practice, FRET systems are characterized by the Förster's radius (R): the distance between the fluorophores at which FRET efficiency is 50%. For many FRET parings, R lies between 20 and 90 Å, depending on the acceptor used and the spatial arrangements of the fluorophores within the assay. Through measurement of this energy transfer, interactions between biomolecules can be assessed by coupling each partner with a fluorescent label and detecting the level of energy transfer. Acceptor emission as a measure of energy transfer can be detected without needing to separate bound from unbound assay components (e.g. a filtration or wash step) resulting in reduced assay time and cost. |
Homogeneous, mix-and-read TR-FRET assays offer advantages over other biomolecular screening assays, such as fluorescence polarization (FP) or TRF assays. In FP assays, background fluorescence due to library compounds is normally depolarized and background signal due to scattered light (e.g. precipitated compounds) is normally polarized. Depending on the assay configuration, either case can lead to a false positive or false negative result. However, because the donor species used in a TR-FRET assay has a fluorescent lifetime that is many orders of magnitude longer than background fluorescence or scattered light, emission signal resulting from energy transfer can be measured after any interfering signal has completely decayed. TR-FRET assays can also be formatted to use limiting receptor and excess tracer concentrations (unlike FP assays), which can provide further cost savings. In the case of TRF assays, a wash step is required to remove unbound fluorescent reagents prior to measuring the activity signal of the assay. This increases reagent use, time to complete the assay, and limits the ability to miniaturize the system (e.g. converting from a 384-well microtiter plate to a 1536-well plate). TR-FRET assays take advantage of the required proximity of the donor and acceptor species for generation of signal. |
Additionally, this method is preferred by some researchers as it does not rely on radioactive materials to generate the signal to be detected. This avoids both the hazards of using the materials and the cost and logistics of storage, use, and disposal. |
Although TR-FRET can be accomplished with a variety of fluorophore combinations, lanthanide metals are particularly useful. Certain life science applications take advantage of the unique fluorescence properties of lanthanide ion complexes (Ln(III) chelates or cryptates). These are well-suited for this application due to their large Stokes shifts and extremely long emission lifetimes (from microseconds to milliseconds) compared to more traditional fluorophores (e.g. fluorescein, allophycoyanin, phycoerythrin, and rhodamine). The biological fluids or serum commonly used in these research applications contain many compounds and proteins which are naturally fluorescent. Therefore, the use of conventional, steady-state fluorescence measurement presents serious limitations in assay sensitivity. Long-lived fluorophores, such as lanthanides, combined with time-resolved detection (a delay between excitation and emission detection) minimizes prompt fluorescence interference. This method (commonly referred to as time-resolved fluorometry or TRF) involves two fluorophores: a donor and an acceptor. Excitation of the donor fluorophore (in this case, the lanthanide ion complex) by an energy source (e.g. flash lamp or laser) produces an energy transfer to the acceptor fluorophore if they are within a given proximity to each other (known as the Förster's radius). The acceptor fluorophore in turn emits light at its characteristic wavelength. |
The two most commonly used lanthanides in life science assays are shown below along with their corresponding acceptor dye as well as their excitation and emission wavelengths and resultant Stokes shift (separation of excitation and emission wavelengths). |
As noted in the table above, fluorescent energy transfer from Europium to allophycocyanin can be used in a time resolved manner, particularly in biomolecular screening assays. The figure at right shows the intersection of the emission from Europium with the excitation of allophycocyanin (APC) where energy transfer occurs when Europium and APC are brought into proximity via biomolecular interactions. |
When these two fluorophores are brought together by a biomolecular interaction, a portion of the energy captured by the Europium during excitation is released through fluorescence emission at 620 nm, while the remaining energy is transferred to the APC. This energy is then released by APC as specific fluorescence at 665 nm only via FRET with Europium. |
Through the design of the high-throughput screening assay, the materials are mixed, and if the enzyme does act on the peptide, all components will bind their respective targets and FRET will occur. |
The instrument used to measure the assay then delays the reading of the emitted light by several hundred milliseconds after the incident/excitation light (the light energy pulse supplied by the instrument to excite the donor molecule) in order to eliminate any 'cross-talk' between the excitation and emission signals. ('cross-talk' in this instance refers to overlapping spectral profiles, which could result in false-positives, false-negatives, or reduced sensitivity depending on the assay design.) This process comprises the 'time-resolved' aspect of the assay. |
= = = King's Carriage House = = = |
King's Carriage House is a New American cuisine restaurant, tea room, and wine bar located at 251 East 82nd Street (between Second Avenue and Third Avenue), on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, in New York City. |
It opened in 1995. It is owned by Elizabeth King (a chef) and Paul Farrell (who runs the dining room). |
The restaurant serves afternoon tea from 3 to 4 PM, for which reservations are required. The New American cuisine menu includes items such as grilled filet mignon, roasted breast of duck, roast goose, and pheasant potpie. |
The small four-room restaurant is an 1870s former carriage house . The restaurant has antique wood furniture, tartan curtains, and antique silver teapots. It has three dining rooms: the Hunt Room, the Red Room, and the Willow Room. The attire is "jackets optional". |
In 2013, "Zagats" gave the restaurant a food rating of 22, and a decor rating of 25. |
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26 may refer to: |
= = = 1988 Liberty Bowl = = = |
The 1988 Liberty Bowl, a college football postseason bowl game, took place on December 28, 1988, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams in the 30th Liberty Bowl were the South Carolina Gamecocks, who competed as a I-A independent, and the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference. In what was the first ever meeting between the schools, Indiana was victorious in by a final score of 34–10. |
The 1988 South Carolina squad finished the regular season with losses at Georgia Tech and Clemson and at home to Florida State en route to an overall record of eight wins and three losses (8–3). After their loss to Clemson in the regular season finale on November 19, the Gamecocks publicly accepted an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl. The appearance marked the first for South Carolina in the Liberty Bowl, and their eighth overall bowl game. |
The 1988 Indiana squad finished the regular season with a tie at Missouri and losses against Michigan, Illinois and Michigan State en route to an overall record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1). In mid-November, the Hoosiers accepted an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl. Their appearance marked the first for Indiana in the Liberty Bowl, and their fifth overall bowl game. |
The 1988 edition of the Liberty Bowl, marked the 30th edition and the kickoff occurred in sub-freezing conditions. The Hoosiers scored early in the game when Anthony Thompson gave Indiana a 7–0 lead with his nine-yard touchdown run. They extended their lead further to 17–0 at halftime after a ten-yard Dave Schnell touchdown pass to Calvert Miller and a 28-yard Pete Stoyanovich field goal in the second quarter. The Gamecocks scored their only touchdown early in the third quarter when Antonio Walker blocked a Macky Smith punt that was recovered and returned 34-yards by Mike Tolbert for the score. Each team then traded field goals, Stoyanovich from 19-yards for Indiana and Collin Mackie from 44-yards for Carolina that made the score 20–10 at the end of the third quarter. The Hoosiers then closed the game with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns and won 34–10. Points were scored on an 88-yard, Rob Turner touchdown reception from Dave Schnell and an eight-yard Thompson run. Dave Schnell was named the MVP of the game as he completed 16 of 31 passes for 378 yards and two touchdowns. |
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Twenty-eight or 28 may refer to: |
= = = Søren Kierkegaard Society = = = |
The Søren Kierkegaard Society (U.S.A.) is a philosophical society whose purpose is to promote the study of the philosophy and theology of Søren Kierkegaard in the United States. The society is affiliated with both the American Academy of Religion and the American Philosophical Association. |
= = = Susanne Kiermayer = = = |
Susanne Kiermayer (born 22 July 1968 in Zwiesel, Bavaria) is a retired German sport shooter. Kiermayer had won a total of nine medals (one gold, four silver, and four bronze) for both trap and double trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup series. She also captured a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Barcelona, Spain, striking a total of 91 clay pigeons. Kiermayer is currently a vice-president of the German Shooting Federation (). |
Kiermayer emerged as one of Germany's most prominent shooters in its Olympic history. She won the silver medal in the inaugural women's double trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States by two points behind winner Kim Rhode of the United States, with a total score of 139 targets (105 in the preliminary rounds and 34 in the final) and a bonus of two from a shoot-off (against Australia's Deserie Huddleston). Kiermayer achieved a fifth-place finish each in the women's trap at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, accumulating scores of 86 and 79 clay pigeons, respectively. She also competed in the women's double trap at these Olympic games, but she neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal. |
Twelve years after competing in her first Olympics, Kiermayer qualified for her fourth German team, as a 40-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second in the trap shooting from the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in Cairo, Egypt, posting her score of 89 hits. She finished only in eighth place by one point behind Italy's Deborah Gelisio, for a total score of 65 targets. |
= = = Marco Frisina = = = |
Marco Frisina (born 16 December 1954, in Rome), is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and composer. He is director of the Pastoral Worship Center at the Vatican. |
= = = Göktürk-1 = = = |
Göktürk-1 (also Göktürk-1A) is a high resolution earth observation satellite (greater than 50 cm) designed and developed for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence by the Italian space service company Telespazio with technological input from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) and Aselsan of Turkey. |
The agreement to build Göktürk-1 was signed on July 13, 2009 between the Ministry of National Defence and Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales Group joint venture company, taking effect on July 19, 2009. Thales Alenia Space is in charge of supplying the satellite bus. Within the framework of the project, a facility for assembly, integration and testing of spacecraft (UMET) up to mass will be established in Turkey, which is considered as a critical infrastructure. The project is valued at more than € 250m. |
The satellite with resolution is intended for use of reconnaissance over any location on earth without geographical restriction. Additionally, it will carry out various civil applications on mapping and planning, landcover survey, geology, ecosystem monitoring, disaster management, environmental control, coastal zone management, and water resources. |
Israel started a pressure campaign on the French company Thales Group, which is one of the shareholder of Telespazio. Israel expressed its fear that high resolution imagery taken by Göktürk-1 from its territory could eventually fall into the wrong hands. Israel, which supplies some of the critical electro-optical parts of the satellite's high-technology camera system to Thales Group, stipulated that Göktürk-1 should be made incapable of taking imagery as long as it is over Israel. |
Turkey, after having received such information, demanded from the contractor Thales Group that it has to prove the satellite can take imagery from any location desired. The French producer rejected this demand in the beginning, retreated however later on as the Turkish side responded with stopping of payments. |
Turkish bureaucrats requested further the launching of the satellite by an experienced and well-known space company. The French side on the other hand insists on commissioning a not much experienced satellite launch company in order to cut cost. |
After numerous delays due to political and business disputes, the satellite launched from the Guiana Space Center at 13:51:44 UTC, on 5 December 2016 on a Vega rocket. |
Göktürk-2, another earth observation satellite of the Göktürk series (however with lower resolution compared to Göktürk-1) was successfully placed in orbit on December 18, 2012, and is currently transmitting imagery. |
= = = Kierkegaard Circle = = = |
The Kierkegaard Circle at Trinity College, University of Toronto, is a philosophical society founded in 1986 whose purpose is to promote the study of the philosophy and theology of Søren Kierkegaard in Canada. |
= = = Taeko Namba = = = |
Taeko Namba is a former international table tennis player from Japan. |
From 1957 to 1959 she won several medals in doubles, and in team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. |
The four World Championship medals included three gold medals; two in the team event and one in the doubles with Kazuko Yamaizumi. |
She also won two English Open titles. |
= = = Puradhana Vaneswarar Temple = = = |
Puradhana Vaneswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Pattukkottai in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. This temple tower Raja kopuram is facing big pond theppam called kaasaan kulam. In ancient time every year deities are celebrate theppam and god puradhana vaneswarar will float in the theppam. |
According to popular legend, the spot was chosen by Shiva for meditation. Manmatha, the Hindu Cupid, tried to interrupt his meditation and was burnt to ashes. Manmatha was later revived at Thiruchittrambalam. The place is commemorated with the Yama Dharmaraja Temple. |